In a clear and concisely reasoned eight to nine page paper (8-9 pages), which addresses the work of one author on your syllabus (you must focus on at least two works by the author if you work with short prose selections, and three works if you choose to focus on a poet) and employs a minimum of three external critical sources (you may count one website as an external source, but no more), devise and defend an arguable thesis. Remember to account specifically for the exact language the writer employs to shape and achieve the expression of the primary texts as those instances relate to your thesis